Device for feeding illuminating-fluids



(No Model.) I. EILER.

DEVICE FOR FEEDING ILLUMINATING FLUIDS. No. 303,671.. Patented Aug. 19, 1884 WITNESSES OR N. PEIERS, PhMo-Lllhogmphn. Washington. D. c.

Nrrn STATES ATENT @rricn.

IGNATIUS SEILER, OF NEWVARK, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR FEEDING lLLUMlNATlNG-FLUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,671, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed January 17, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it 112/007 concern.-

Be it known that I, IGNATIUS SEILER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Device for Feeding Illuminating-Fluids, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to feeding devices for lamps, gasstoves, &c.; and it has for its object to provide means for automatically feeding the oil or gasoline to the burners with regularity, so that the illuminating-fluid will al- Ways be at the point of ignition.

\Vith this main object inview, the said invention consists in feeding the oil to the burners by the pressure derived from a volume of air, the air receiving its force or pressure from a volume of water, all as hereinafter set-forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved devices as applied to a lamp. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fi 3 is a similar view, but taken at right angles to the line on which Fig. 2 is drawn.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cylindrical vessel divided by a horizontal partition, B, into two compartments, 0 D, the lower compartment, G, containing a supply of oil or gasoline or other illuminating-fluid, and the upper one, D, being filled with water, and may be provided with a cover, which, however, I have not thought necessary to show here. A nozzle, F, extends from the upper portion of the oil-compartment G into the water-compartn1ent D, through which the oil or gasoline may be poured to fill the said compartment O, a screw-cap, G, covering the upper end of the nozzle when the lamp is in use.

H designates a chamber arranged below the cylindrical vessel A, said chamber containing a supply of air either compressed or other- Wise, a pipe, 1, leading from the water-chamber D through the oil-chamber and connecting with the said air-chamber, so that the water will flow by gravity down through the pipe I and into the air-chamber, for the purpose presently to be described. Another pipe, J, leads from the air-chamber upward and extending into the oil chamber, and thus as the water presses the air in the chamber H the air will escape or be forced upward into the pipe J, so as to press against the lower volume of illuminating-fluid in the chamber 0, for the purpose of feeding it with regularity to the burner. A branch pipe, K, extends from the air-chamber, and is provided with a stopper or stopcock, L, for the purpose of allowing the water to escape, when the air-chamber becomes full.

M designates a pipe extending upward from the oil-chan'iber and through the water-chant ber, a branch pipe or extension, N, connecting with the upper endof the pipe M, and,if desired, may have any ondinary wick fitted therein at one end, a burner, P, being attached to the outer end of the branch pipe N, said burner being of the form shown, or constructed in any ordinary mannerto answer the purposes.

A stop-cock, Q, may be fitted in the branch pipe or in the burner to regulate the flow of the oil or other illuminating-fluid. Thus when the lamp is not in use the supply may be cut oil to the burners, as will be seen.

u The operation of my invention will be read ily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings. Oil, gasoline, or other illuminating-fluid is poured through the nozzle F into the oilchamber; the water-chamberis filled, and the air chamber or vessel is supplied with the requisite amount of air, either compressed or otherwise. As the water in the chamber D descends through the pipe I into the air-chamber, it will press against the air in said chamber and force the air outward through the pipe J, which it ascends and presses against the illuminating-fluid in the chamber 0, the fluid being forced to ascend the pipe N and flow toward the burner, the wick absorbing the fluid and conveying it to the burnerin the usual manner. By this means the illuminating-fluid will be fed with regularity to the burner, and should the pressure on the fluid become too strong the stop-cock L may be opened to permit some of the water to escape.

The connection between the oil-chamber and the burner may be cut ofi as desired while the lamp is not in use.

It will be seen that the above-described device may be applied in various ways to feed with regularity burning-fluids to the burners, and it will be further seen that my arrangement is simple and efficient, and will not be expensive to manufacture.

I do not limit myself to the special details of construction, as various modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

, It will be seen that the air chamber or VS sel is suspended by the pipes I J below the cylindrical vessel A, and is held in a safe and with water, of an airwessel suspended by pipes below the vessel, one of said pipes connecting the water-chamber to the air-vessel, and the other pipe connecting the air-vessel with the oil-chamber, as set forth.

2. In a device for feeding illuminating-fluids, the combination, with the fluidchamber having a burner or burners connecting therewith in any suitable manner, and means for controlling the flow of the fluid to the burner as de sired, of a water-chamber arranged above the fluid-chamber, and an air-vessel suspended be low the fluid-chamber by twopipes, one of said pipes connecting the water-chamber with the air-vessel, and the other pipe connecting the air-vessel with the'fluid-chamber, and means for permitting the water to escape from the air-vessel, as herein set forth, and for the purpose described,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

IGNATIUS S E ILER.

\Vitn esses:

JACOB M. SII'ROCK, EDWARD F. SHROCK. 

